As the owner of Crest Jewel, I visit the lampwork artists in every show I visit.

The difference between a 1 of a kind artist created bead and
those found at our local craft departments at the big box craft stores
is like night and day

The wonderful surprise for me was meeting April
who lives nearby my home in PA. Transported from Brooklyn some years ago she has
been making exquisite beads ever since her days at Art School in NY.

I have an ever growing pouch of carefully chosen beads form
her latest creations. First of all I have to say I love color and dots. Many of
her beads are variations of a dot theme and I have never found beads more
specially dotted than hers!

The joy I get from combining and recombining their colors and
shapes into necklace combinations has
made this little exercise a captivation for me that sometimes mesmerizes me for
hours.

What you will find on the Crest Jewel site are our picks from April’s collections and then combinations that charm us so much.

See in each row the individual beads followed by a simple necklace made from those
very beads.

You can also buy a single bead:

String it on metal chain, or cord, or rosary chain, or even our micro-faceted gemstone beaded
necklaces

or try bead chain

(my current dotted
favorite)

April’s beads are hand-made gemstones that accent the precious
ones we have from nature making for a most natural complement.